Transit of Mercury – different positions From top left to bottom right Ingress top left: 13.15h CEST Bottom right twelve minutes before egress : 20.28h CEST Clouds before sun Instrument: 114mm Newton, 37,5X, equipped with Baader Solar film Location: Baindt, Germany, near Lake of Constance Sketch from Dr. Johannes Schilling
Transit of Mercury, about twelve minutes before egress
Transit of Mercury, about twelve minutes before egress, visual impression May 9th, 2016, 20.28h CEST Location: Baindt, Germany, near Lake of Constance Intrument: 114mm Newton, 53X, equipped with Baader Solar film Sketch from Dr. Johannes Schilling
Messier 61 – Galaxy in Virgo
Messier 61, Galaxy in Virgo Distance: 60 Mio. Ly 9.3m Observed May 5th and 6th, 2016 Instrument: 254mm Newton, 126X and 148X Sketch from Dr. Johannes Schilling, Baindt, Germany
Aristarchus crater
Also known as: Aristarchus crater Date/time: 2007.09.23. Equipment: 76/900 Newtonian Magnification and filter(s): 118x Seeing: 7/10 Transparency: 3/5 Humidity: low Wind: none Location: Zákány, Hungary N46°14′ 59,2″ E16°57′ 15,3″ Observer: Bognár Tamás Named after the Greek astronomer Aristarchus of Samos, is a prominent lunar impact crater that lies in the northwest part of the Moon’s…
Amateur Astronomy Selenology Project
Gary Varney – Amateur Astronomy Selenology Project „Good evening. What a great week for image posts, there were many to choose from and it is hard to single out just one. This week we do have two selections. The first is a very nice sketch of Theophilus by Univerzum Képekben (a.k.a. Bognár Tamás) for the…
NGC 4361 – Planetary nebula in Corvus
NGC 4361, Planetary nebula in Corvus, 10.9m, CS 13m, 1,9’X1,9′ Sketch with 254mm Newton, 252X, without any filter and without regarding a foto from this object, neither before nor during observation. Conditions were very good. April 29th, 2016 Observer: Dr. Johannes Schilling, Baindt, Germany